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  • BREAKING: Yoruba Youths In Lagos Set Igbo Spare Parts Market On Fire, Shoot Several Persons [VIDEO]

    Yoruba Youths In Lagos Set Igbo Spare Parts Market On Fire, Shoot Several Persons

     

    Some suspected Yoruba youths have burnt down Akere spare parts market in the Apapa Ajegunle area of Lagos State.

     

    Ejes Gist News Nigeria reports gathered that the Yoruba youths stormed the market around 2am on Wednesday and shot a security guard and two other persons before razing down the market’s facilities.

    Protest currently ongoing as Yorubas threatened to kick Igbos out of Lagos 

     

    In a video captured at the scene of the incident which was obtained by Ejes Gist News Nigeria, a man privy to the incident said, “A security man and two other guys were shot dead and they have gone to bury them immediately.”

     

     

    An official of the Red Cross at the scene also confirmed that the market was burned down but he did not provide further information on who was responsible.

     

    Reacting to the incident, an online user, identified as Frazee, said, “Akere spare parts market olodi Apapa is not so big because it’s in a residential area. So you have about two to three Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) members guarding the market at night. Igbos have become a target this period.

     

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    “Politicians are really using brainwashed people to forment trouble. Burning people’s means of livelihood just because of a stupid agenda is the lowest. In less than four months, the market will stand again, the people are so cooperative and financially strong.”

     

     

    “So it is just one security man that secures such a market? The Igbos in Lagos need to be more vigilant and security awake. The enemies of good governance are not going to be taking things easy with them. This is a fight they must win. If they don’t successfully dislodge Lagos from the grip of these evil cartels come next gubernatorial poll, they will all be doomed,” another man, Pierocash added.

     

     

    This is coming days after Yoruba youths staged a protest in Lagos, demanding that the Igbo people living in Lagos move back to their mother land.

     

     

  • We Didn’t Direct Banks To Disburse Old Notes – CBN Insists 

    We Didn’t Direct Banks To Disburse Old Notes – CBN Insists 

    We Didn’t Direct Banks To Disburse Old Notes – CBN Insists 

     

     

    The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said that it never issued a fresh directive to commercial banks to obey last Friday’s judgement of the Supreme Court ordering the circulation of the old naira notes alongside the new ones until December 31, Ejes Gist News Nigeria reports.

     

    Read Also : CBN latest News on old naira notes, today, 8th March 2023

     

    There was confusion among commercial banks and business operators following the non-issuance of a directive by the CBN on receiving the old N500 and N1000 notes.

     

    CBN spokesman, Isa Abdulmumin, who spoke to newsmen, said the apex has not issued an official statement.

     

    A senior management source also said;

     

    “Both the old and new notes are legal tender, and banks are currently issuing them to customers. Nigerians should not reject any note, whether old or new.”

  • Appeal Court Hearing: Peter Obi Sends Message To Obidients

    Appeal Court Hearing: Peter Obi Sends Message To Obidients

    Peter Obi Sends Message To Obidients in lieu of the court ruling slated for March 8th

     

    Peter Obi, the Labour Party, LP presidential candidate, has urged his supporters not to use the court as a rallying point.

     

    Obi would be physically present at the Appeal Court today for the hearing on the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) application to set aside an earlier order granting Obi and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) permission to inspect the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines.

     

    Also Read: Appeal Court Hearing: Peter Obi Sends Message To Obidients

     

    The Labour Party is contesting the results of the 2023 presidential election, which elected Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as president-elect.

     

    The Labour Party candidate advised his supporters to maintain peace and to respect “the sanctity of the court premises” at all times.

     

    “As we seek redress for our stolen mandate, I implore OBIdients to respect the sanctity of the courthouse and to allow our legal team the space and tranquility to perform its duties.

     

    Also Read: Crisis Rocks Rivers APC as Faction Declares Support For Rivers PDP Guber Candidate, Fubara

     

    “The Courthouse is not and should not be used as a rallying place. Obi wrote on his verified Twitter account, “I urge the Obidients to conduct their affairs peacefully.”

     

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  • Crisis Rocks Rivers APC as Faction Declares Support For Rivers PDP Guber Candidate, Fubara

    Crisis Rocks Rivers APC as Faction Declares Support For Rivers PDP Guber Candidate, Fubara

    APC Faction Declares Support For Rivers PDP Gov’ship Candidate, Fubara

     

    A faction of the Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has declared its support for Siminalayi Fubara, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate.

     

    The leader of the faction, Tony Okocha, a member of the APC Presidential Campaign Council (APC PCC) in the state, has reportedly stated that the faction will support Fubara instead of Tonye Cole, the APC governorship candidate in the state.

     

    Read Also: Governor Umahi under attack for complaining about ‘excess security’ in Ebonyi ahead of Saturday’s guber polls 

     

    Okocha told Channels Television that the faction’s support for Fubara represented a form of repayment to the PDP for its assistance during the presidential election.

     

    Earlier reports indicated that the APC PCC credited Governor Nyesom Wike for the victory of its presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, in Rivers State.

     

    Tony Okocha, a member of the APC PCC and the leader of the Independent Campaign Council (ICC) in the state, announced this at a press conference in Port Harcourt, the capital of the state.

     

    Okocha stated that without Wike’s efforts and support, the former governor of Lagos State would not have won the constitutionally required 25 percent of the vote.

     

    He stated, “It is an understatement to say that Wike was crucial to the victory of our candidate Tinubu. A million times, the governor was instrumental in our victory.

     

    Also Read: Peter Obi’s Wife, Margaret Speaks On ‘Stolen Mandate’, Reveals Strong Information (Video)

     

    “He advised the residents of Rivers to vote for someone who will support the state. He mobilized people and resources to guarantee this victory. We congratulate him”

     

    Recall that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced Tinubu as the winner of the presidential election held on Saturday, February 25, 2023, on Wednesday of last week.

     

    The APC leader argued that it was time to repay the PDP’s goodwill by backing its candidate to win the governorship election in the state.

     

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  • Organ Harvest: I Thought I Was Being Scammed By Doctors – Ekweremadu Tells UK Court

    Organ Harvest: I Thought I Was Being Scammed By Doctors – Ekweremadu Tells UK Court

    Organ Harvest: I Thought I Was Being Scammed By Doctors – Ekweremadu Tells Court

     

     

    The trial of Ike Ekweremadu resumed on Tuesday. The embattled former Deputy Senate President, who is facing charges of organ trafficking, on Tuesday March 7, told the court that he thought was being “scammed” by doctors, Ejes Gist News Nigeria reports.

     

    60-year-old Ekweremadu is accused of conspiring to facilitate the travel of a 21-year-old man, David Nwamini, to Britain to use him as an organ donor for his sick daughter, Sonia.

     

    Nwamini, a street trader from Lagos was to be paid up to £7,000 in exchange for a kidney, the Old Bailey heard. Nwamini was promised opportunities in the UK for helping Mr Ekweremadu’s daughter.

     

    Ekweremadu, his wife Beatrice, 56, daughter Sonia, 25, and medical “middleman” Dr Obinna Obeta all deny the same charge.

     

    The street trader was falsely presented as Sonia’s cousin in a failed bid to persuade medics at the Royal Free Hospital in London to carry out the £80,000 private procedure, the court was told.

     

    Giving evidence at the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, London on Tuesday, Ekweremadu was asked about an invoice for £8,000 he received via his brother Diwe on 8 February 2022.

     

    In his message, Diwe wrote he had received a “huge invoice” from a consultant doctor.

     

    He wrote: “It looks like they’re all out to exploit people’s unfortunate situation,” the court heard.

     

    The defendant told jurors his view was that he was being “scammed”.

     

    Defence barrister Martin Hicks KC asked: “Why not at this stage say we are being scammed Dr Obeta, end of, stop?”

     

    Mr Ekweremadu replied: “My daughter’s life was on the line so if we stop we will be putting my daughter’s life in danger. So we just keep moving. “Everybody was obviously taking advantage of my daughter’s ill health.”

     

    The defendant was also asked about an unsigned affidavit dated 19 January 2022 which was recovered from Dr Obeta’s home in Southwark, south London, which falsely stated that the proposed donor was Sonia’s cousin.

     

    Mr Ekweremadu told jurors: “I felt embarrassed because that’s not true and I told my daughter to ignore the document.”

     

    He added: “I told her not to sign it… If you sign an affidavit you have to tell the truth.”

     

    Asked who created the document, the defendant said: “I have no idea.”

     

    Mr Ekweremadu added his family had written to a court in Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, to find the origin of the affidavit.

     

    Mr Hicks told the court: “It’s a forgery.” Mr Ekweremadu agreed. The trial continues.

     

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  • Governor Umahi under attack for complaining about ‘excess security’ in Ebonyi ahead of Saturday’s guber polls 

    Governor Umahi under attack for complaining about ‘excess security’ in Ebonyi ahead of Saturday’s guber polls 

    Governor Umahi under attack for complaining about ‘excess security‘ in Ebonyi ahead of Saturday’s guber polls 

     

     

    Ahead of the governorship election in Nigeria scheduled to hold on 11th March 2023, the governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi, is currently under fire over his recent comments where he complained of too many security operatives in the state.

     

    In a trending video online, Umahi was heard complaining about the Commissioner of Police in the state.

     

    “The newly posted Commissioner of Police to the state is not doing his work. He has been here before but he’s not doing his work because he’s just sitting on the fence,” the governor said.

     

    “The Police IG had given directives that all the security details must come from the Ebonyi State command, it was also agreed amongst all the governorship candidates that the IG’s instruction should be followed but the man (CP) is sitting on the fence and I’ve told him that he’ll be responsible if anything goes wrong.

     

     

    It’s because of these excess operatives, that’s why they are being used to rig elections and we have evidence of it.”

     

     

    Reacting to the governor’s speech, entertainment consultant, Soso Soberekon said, “Police is excess? Politicians with stupid excuses. How will a governor be complaining about excess police security?”

     

    Similarly, nightlife celebrity Cubana Chief-priest wrote, “Dave Umahi Dey Accuse Nigerian Police That They Are Sitting On The Fence, So They Are Supposed To Sit With You. His Excellency You Have Done Well For 8 Years, You Have Also Won Your Senate Election But Your Ambition To Indirectly Do 12 Years As Governor By Installing Your Boy As Governor Is Greed It’s Our Dear State Not Yours, The Cars You Bought For Them Is From State Money Not Yours Please Stop The Intimidation & Harassment Of The Police Force & The People And Allow The Will Of The People To Prevail.

     

    “Just Allow The Will Of God To Happen Stop The Threat, Stop The Harassment Stop The Intimidation Ebonyi Is Owned By Ebonyians Not Umahi, Stop Intimidating The Police, This Thing Called Power Is So Sweet But It’s Also Transient, Don’t Personalise It. Be Calm, Be Humble As We Wait For The Will Of Ebonyians.”

     

     

    An Instagram user, @ojayvicbiz wrote, “Dis one .. dey find how e one take rig election with Ebubeagu”

    @gee.1965 wrote, “Umahi is irresponsible. He couldn’t 1930.200 buy over the new CP that’s why he is ranting. He wanted to have a field day with his Ebube Agu like in the past. Let his realize that after Saturday elections he will be a lame duck Governor preparing handover notes no matter who wins. Reality is setting in.”

    @moreephilip added, “Umahi you didn’t buy police vehicles with your money but the tax payers money stop saying you bought them vehicles as if is your money, sometimes politicians behave’s like mini God.

    @princedaniel404 wrote, “U think Ebonyi state is ur personal property, shame on you Anyigaemeya, watch out.”

  • Nigerian Newspapers Headlines Today: 15 Things You Need to Know Today, Wednesday, March 8, 2023

    Nigerian Newspapers Headlines Today: 15 Things You Need to Know Today, Wednesday, March 8, 2023

    Nigerian Newspapers Headlines Today, Nigeria News Today,  Headlines, Newsonline Nigeria, News Headlines in Nigeria Today, Top Naija News, the Nigerian latest news, latest Nigerian news papers Today read them all.

     

    Very good morning to you and welcome to our curated top Naija headline News today  from Nigerian Newspapers today March 8th, 2023.

     

    What are the Nigerian newspapers headlines today saying?.

     

     

     

    1. On Tuesday, motorists, fuel stations, retailers, traders, and other types of bank customers rejected the old N500 and N1,000 notes, thwarting a new initiative by some Deposit Money Banks to re-circulate them. This occurred a day after some commercial banks began distributing the controversial N500 and N1,000 notes.

     

     

    2) The shortage of Premium Motor Spirit, also known as fuel, in Abuja and other northern states may continue until after Saturday’s gubernatorial elections, according to oil marketers on Tuesday. On Monday, severe Fuel shortages emerged in Abuja, Nasarawa, Niger, and other Northern states, as tens of thousands of motorists besieged the few gas stations that sold the product.

     


    3) Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, received Ireti Kingibe, the second female Senator-elect of the Federal Capital Territory elected under the party’s banner, yesterday. Obi stated that he, the Labour Party, the Obidient family, and his running mate, Datti Baba-Ahmed, were pleased that the newly-elected senator would represent the party in the FCT.

     


    4) The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has stated that the information contained in the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System used for the February 25 presidential election is accurate. On Tuesday at the Court of Appeal in Abuja, the lead counsel for the electoral commission, Tanimu Inuwa, gave the assurance while opposing an application filed by the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on BVAS used in the presidential election.

     


    5) Governors who are members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) met with the party’s national chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, last night in advance of this Saturday’s elections for governorship and state houses of assembly. The meeting was held at the national headquarters of the party in Abuja.

     

    Nigerian Newspapers : Why I’m Not Happy On My 76th Birthday – Nollywood Legend, Pete Edochie Declares (Video)

     


    6) Alhassan Ado Doguwa, the embattled leader of the House of Representatives, has been removed from the list of election winners by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). He was declared the winner of the February 25 election in the Doguwa/Tudunwada constituency by the electoral body.

     


    7) Several communities in the Kwande Local Government Area of Benue State have been attacked by suspected herders, resulting in numerous deaths. According to witnesses, many people were still missing.

     

    Nigerian Newspapers: BREAKING: Nollywood actor, Fadeyi Oloro is dead

     


    8) Tuesday, the Imo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, disclosed that results of the presidential and National Assembly elections were allegedly fabricated in approximately eight local government areas in Imo state. Collins Opurozor, the state’s Publicity Secretary, delivered this information to Owerri-based journalists on behalf of the PDP.

     


    9) Today, the Court of Appeal will rule on the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) application for permission to reconfigure the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) for the governorship election.

     


    10) The Lagos State Police Command has charged Okechukwu Chukwunahi with ‘trial by ordeal’ after tenants reported he took their names to a shrine following a misunderstanding at their state residence. The 44-year-old defendant, Chukwunahi, was arraigned before an Ojo Magistrate’s Court in the state on two counts of conspiracy and trial by ordeal.

     

     

    Nigerian Newspapers: FULL LIST: INEC releases names of 109 senators-elect

     

     

    11. Lagos Releases Impounded Vehicles Free Of Charge

     

    In an effort to mitigate the effects of the cash shortage, the Lagos State Government has begun releasing impounded vehicles to their owners free of charge. Although this comes a few days before the governorship election, the government says it is part of the palliatives the state government implemented three weeks ago in response to the naira redesign policy, which led to a shortage of naira notes.

     

     

    12 Police Bar Voters From Taking Dogs To Polling Units

     

    The Nigeria Police Force has warned Nigerians against bringing dogs and other pets to polling stations during Saturday’s elections for governor and state legislature. Based on the attacks on voters in certain regions of the country during last month’s elections, some individuals stated they would bring their dogs to the polls on Saturday.

     

     

    13) Ganduje Pardons 12 Inmates Sentenced To Death

     

    Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, the governor of Kano State, has pardoned twelve death row inmates and commuted the death sentences of six others to life imprisonment.

    Nigerian Newspapers: Full Details: Festus Keyamo Removed from Team of lawyers Defending Tinubu’s Mandate

     

    14) Katsina PDP: Faction Drags Guber Candidate, Others To Court Over ‘N1.05bn Election Funds’

     

    A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Katsina State has dragged the party’s governorship candidate, Yakubu Lado Danmarke, and ten others before a Katsina High Court over alleged N1.05bn election logistics funds. The allegations were made just four days before the governorship and state assembly elections.

     

     

    15) Over 200 Cyberattacks Blocked During Feb 25 Elections

    The Galaxy Backbone Limited disclosed on Tuesday that over 200 cyberattacks were thwarted during the presidential and National Assembly elections on February 25.

     

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  • Why I’m Not Happy On My 76th Birthday – Nollywood Legend, Pete Edochie Declares (Video)

    Why I’m Not Happy On My 76th Birthday – Nollywood Legend, Pete Edochie Declares (Video)

    Pete Edochie, a legendary Nollywood actor, expressed his discontent as he turned 76 on Tuesday.

     

    On his Instagram account, he detailed the sources of his discontent.

     

    Read Also: Why I’m Not Happy On My 76th Birthday – Nollywood Legend, Pete Edochie Declares (Video)

     

    The veteran stated, “I am 76 years old today and I thank God for bringing me this far. I should be happy today, but I’m not because I was told it’s for my own good that I cannot withdraw my own money from the bank.

     

    Again, it must be for my own good that I cannot go to the gas station to fill up my car.

     

    “Electricity has been epileptic and is currently worsening. I tried to determine why elections manifest as selection, but no one offered an explanation, so I told myself, “Pete, it must be for your own good.”

     

    See Video Below…

     

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    A post shared by PETE EDOCHIE (M.O.N) (@peteedochie)

     

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  • FULL LIST: INEC releases names of 109 senators-elect

    FULL LIST: INEC releases names of 109 senators-elect

    INEC releases names of 109 senators-elect

     

    The Independent National Electoral Commission has released the complete list of the 10th Senate’s newly elected members.

    Read Also Omotola Jalade Biography, Age, Children, Net Worth, Husband

     

    Recall that the National Assembly elections were held alongside the presidential election on February 25, 2023, ushering in a new group of members and familiar faces in the Sacred Chambers.

     

    Read Also:Protest currently ongoing as Yorubas threatened to kick Igbos out of Lagos 

     

    The new and returning legislators will serve in the chambers of the Red and Green legislative branches.

     

    However, eight names are missing from the list recently released by INEC, and the commission has stated that supplementary elections will be held in the affected senatorial districts.

     

    Enugu East, Kebbi North, Plateau Central, Sokoto East, North and South, Yobe South, and Zamfara Central are the affected districts.

    View the complete list here.

    Full list of 358 Reps-elect members

     

    Full list of 358 Reps-elect members

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    Full list of 358 Reps-elect members

     

    Full list of 358 Reps-elect members

    Full list of 358 Reps-elect members

    Full list of 358 Reps-elect members

     

     

     

    Full list of 358 Reps-elect members

     

     

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  • Court Makes Moves to Suspend Rivers Guber Polls, Summon Wike, INEC

    Court Makes Moves to Suspend Rivers Guber Polls, Summon Wike, INEC

    Court summons INEC, Wike to explain why guber polls shouldn’t be suspended in Rivers

     

    INEC and the Rivers State Government have been ordered to appear before a Federal High Court in Port Harcourt to explain why Saturday’s governorship and state assembly elections should not be suspended.

     

    This was in response to a lawsuit filed by Chief Tonte Ibraye, the Governorship Candidate of the Africa Democratic Congress, ADC, and the Party (ADC), requesting the postponement of the March 11 Governorship election in Rivers State.

     

    Read Also: Full Details: Festus Keyamo Removed from Team of lawyers Defending Tinubu’s Mandate

    Tonte filed an Expertise Motion pursuant to Order 26, Rule 1, 2, 3, 6(1), and 7, Order 28 Rule 1(1) and (2) of the Federal High Court ( Civil Procedure)

    Rule 2019 of the court stated that the new Executive Orders issued by the Rivers State Government had a negative impact on the state’s electoral process.

    In the suit filed in Abuja FHC/ABJ/CS/246/2023, Chief Tonte Ibraye and ADC sought the suspension of the gubernatorial election in the state on four grounds.

    Today, however, the Experte Motion transferred to Port Harcourt and received by Mrs. G.I. Obata, Registrar of the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, was heard.

    Governor of Rivers State (1st defendant), Attorney General of Rivers State (2nd defendant), Peoples Democratic Party (3rd defendant), and Independent National Electoral Commission (4th defendant) have been ordered to appear before the court tomorrow, March 8th, at 1:00 pm.

     

    Also Read: BREAKING: Peter Obi Insists On Inspecting BVAS As Appeal Court Hears 7 Motions From Tinubu, Atiku, LP, INEC Today

    Mohammed stated that the parties must be present to argue why Saturday’s elections should not be postponed.

    The plaintiffs seek an Order of Interim Injunction prohibiting the 1st Defendant, its representatives, agents, privies, and/or anyone acting through it from further implementing and enforcing Executive Orders RVSG-21 2022 issued on 4 October 2022 and RVSG-22 2022 issued on 11 November 2022 by the 1 Defendant, pending the determination of the motion on notice before this Honorable Court.

    In addition, they seek an Order of Interim Injunction restraining the 4′′ Defendant (INEC) by itself, its representatives, agents, privies, and/or anyone acting through it from conducting the upcoming gubernatorial election scheduled for 11′′ March 2023 in Rivers State pending the determination of the motion on notice before the Honorable Court.

     

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  • Full Details: Festus Keyamo Removed from Team of lawyers Defending Tinubu’s Mandate

    Full Details: Festus Keyamo Removed from Team of lawyers Defending Tinubu’s Mandate

    Why I’m not among lawyers defending Tinubu’s mandate — Keyamo

     

    Festus Keyamo (SAN), Minister of State for Labour and Productivity, has explained why his name is absent from the list of senior lawyers defending President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s victory.

     

    Recall that the All Progressives Congress (APC) released a list of 50 attorneys to defend Tinubu on Tuesday.

     

    Read Also: List of Top 17 out of 50 Lawyers set To Defend Tinubu’s Presidential Victory

     

    Wole Olanipekun, former president of the Nigerian Bar Association, is leading the legal team. The legal legend will lead 49 other attorneys in defending Tinubu’s victory before the presidential election tribunal.

     

    Olanipekun, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, joined forces with other legal luminaries to ensure Tinubu’s victory over his archrivals, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and Peter Obi of the Labour Party, LP, who have challenged his election.

     

    Tinubu, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), won the presidential election held on Saturday, February 25 with 8,794,726 votes, surpassing Atiku and Obi, who placed second and third with 6,984,520 and 6,101,533 votes, respectively.

     

    Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, presented him with a Certificate of Return on Wednesday of last week.

     

    Also Read: BVAS: Court fixes date to rule on INEC’s case against Peter Obi

     

    In a post on his verified Twitter account on Tuesday, Keyamo, who is also the spokesman for the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, explained the omission of his name from the 50-man list by stating that the Nigerian Constitution prohibits serving ministers from assuming such roles.

     

    He noted that active cabinet members cannot join the Election Petition team until after the transfer date of May 29.

     

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  • BVAS: Court fixes date to rule on INEC’s case against Peter Obi

    BVAS: Court fixes date to rule on INEC’s case against Peter Obi

    BVAS Lawsuit: Court fixes date (March 8) to rule on INEC’s case against Peter Obi

     

    The Court of Appeal in Abuja is scheduled to rule on the merits of the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) request to reconfigure the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) used in the February 25 presidential election on Wednesday, March 8.

     

    A three-member panel of the appellate court postponed ruling on the application to conduct a physical inspection of all BVAS used in the presidential election on Tuesday.

     

    Read Also: BREAKING: Peter Obi Insists On Inspecting BVAS As Appeal Court Hears 7 Motions From Tinubu, Atiku, LP, INEC Today

     

    Recall that Obi and Labour Party, through their team of attorneys led by Onyechi Ikpeazu (SAN), stated that the purpose of the application was to allow them to extract data embedded in the BVAS “which represent the actual results from Polling Units.”

     

    INEC, represented by a team of attorneys led by Tanimu Inuwa, urged the court to deny the application.

     

    Also Read: PDP Governorship Candidate Goes On His Knees, Beg Residents For Votes Ahead of Saturday’s Election 

     

    INEC insisted that granting Obi and the Labour Party’s request would interfere with its preparations for Saturday’s Governorship and National Assembly elections.

     

    After hearing the parties’ arguments, the panel led by Justice Joseph Ikyegh postponed its decision until tomorrow (Wednesday).

     

    See Also: FLASHBACK: Why Lagos is not part of Yoruba land — says Oba of Lagos, Akiolu

     

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  • FLASHBACK: Why Lagos is not part of Yoruba land — says Oba of Lagos, Akiolu

    FLASHBACK: Why Lagos is not part of Yoruba land — says Oba of Lagos, Akiolu

    Why Lagos is not part of Yoruba land, says Oba of Lagos, Akiolu

     

     

    The Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu, has claimed that Lagos State is not part of Yoruba land.

     

     

    Akiolu’s statement is coming barely a week after he publicly humiliated the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi at an event.

    Protest currently ongoing as Yorubas threatened to kick Igbos out of Lagos 

    In a statement from Akiolu’s palace, the monarch traced the historical background of the state and why it should not be regarded as part of Yoruba land.

     

    The statement reads: “Coming from the palace, with what I was told by my late paternal grandmother who is a descendant of Oba Ovonramwen Nogbaisi and also reading from factual Historical books, let me share this Knowledge with you all on Eko/Lagos.

     

    “Modern day Lagos was founded by Prince Ado, the son of the Oba of Benin, Prince Ado was the first Oba of Lagos, the son of the Bini King, Prince Ado, named the town Eko until the Portuguese explorer Ruy de Segueira changed the Maritime town to Lagos, which at that time from 1942 was Portuguese expedition center down the African Coast.

     

     

    “It was a major centre of the slave trade until 1851. Lagos was annexed by Britain via the Lagos treaty of cession in 1861, ending the consular period and starting the British Colonial Period. The remainder of modern day Nigeria was seized in 1886 when the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria was established in 1914 Lagos was declared its capital due to the struggle of the Bini King.

     

    “Lagos experienced growth prior to the British Colonial rule and even more rapid growth during the Colonial rule throughout the 1960s, 70s, continued through the 80s and 90s till date. Thanks to the Awori’s, Bini’s, Yoruba’s, migrants across the nation and world at large, as no particular group of people can take the glory alone.

     

    “Lagos is made up of Lagoons and creeks. The Lagos lagoon, Lagos Harbour, five cowne creeks, Ebute-Metta creeks, Porto-Novo creeks, New canal, Badagry creeks, Kuramo waters and Light house creeks.

     

     

     

     

    “The Awori’s and Bini’s are known to be the first settlers of the Eko land. The Awori’s are speakers of a distinct dialect close to that of the Yoruba language with a rich Bini mixture. Traditionally, Awori’s were found in Ile-Ife, they were known to be the Bini’s who followed their self-exiled Prince, the first son of the Ogiso (now called Oba) of Benin Kingdom, whose step-mother was after his head.

     

    “The exiled Benin Prince Izoduwa known to the Yorubas as Ooduwa (Oduduwa) was made ruler of the Ife people due to his powers and followers from the Great Benin-Kingdom.

     

    “Izoduwa (Ooduwa) was made the first King of Ile-Ife in 1230 AD. His followers from his father’s Kingdom in Benin are the today’s Awori people who settled in Eko now called Lagos.

     

    “In the 1300, the King of Benin-Empire heard from one of his traders who was a settler in Eko on how the Bini’s were treated by the Awori’s who lived in their area. Upon hearing this, the King of Benin commanded the assembling of a war expedition, led by his son, Prince Ado, which headed the settlement of the Awori’s and demanded explanation.

     

     

    “On arriving Eko, Prince Ado and his Army were more than received. The Aworis asked the Bini Prince to stay and become their leader. Ado agreed on the condition that they surrender their sovereignty to the Oba of Benin, to which the people agreed. Hearing this, the King of Benin gave his permission for Prince Ado and the expedition to remain in Eko.

     

    “The Oba of Benin sent some of his chiefs including the Eletu, Odibo, Obanikoro and others to assist his son, Oba Ado in the running of Eko.

     

    “From the crowing of Prince Ado as the first Oba of Lagos (then called Eko), Lagos served as a major center for slave trade from which the Aworis, the Oba of Benin and his son the Oba of Lagos and all the children/descendants who took over as his successors for over four centuries supported the trade.

     

     

     

    “The Oba of Benin was the head of the Benin Empire which are the present day Western, Southern and Eastern modern day Nigeria. The King never obliged anyone to speak the Bini language as he believed everyone was entitled to their own choice of language.

     

    “The name Eko was given to it by the first king of Lagos, Oba Ado, the young and vibrant Prince from Benin. Eko was the land now known as Lagos Island, where the king palace was built.

     

    “The palace is called Idugaran meaning “palace built on pepper farm” Oba Ado and the warriors from Benin together with the early Bini’s settlers in Eko and the Awori people settled in the southern part of Eko called “Isale Eko”. “Isale literally means bottom “. Must have been used to indicate downtown (as in down town Lagos)

     

    “Until the coming in of the Benin’s 1300AD , Lagos geographical boundary was Lagos mainland, Lagos Island, the seat of the Oba of Lagos then consisted of a pepper farm and fishing post. No one was living there.

     

     

     

     

    “About 1450 AD some Yorubas who hailed from Isheri in Ogun-state and Ekiti were allowed by the King to settle in Eko during a war, they came in a very large numbers thereby surpassing the numbers of the Awori’s and Bini’s. (Hence Yorubas claim to own Eko due to their numbers).

     

    “Oba Ado fell in love with a beautiful woman whose father was Awori and mother a daughter to one of the chief; they had two sons and also a daughter Erelu Kuti, who begot Ologun Kutere who later became King.”

  • BREAKING: Peter Obi Insists On Inspecting BVAS As Appeal Court Hears 7 Motions From Tinubu, Atiku, LP, INEC Today

    BREAKING: Peter Obi Insists On Inspecting BVAS As Appeal Court Hears 7 Motions From Tinubu, Atiku, LP, INEC Today

    Peter Obi Insists On Inspecting BVAS As Appeal Court Hears 7 Motions From Tinubu, Atiku, LP, INEC Today

     

     

    The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has urged the Presidential Election Tribunal situated at the Court of Appeal, Abuja, to grant him leave to carry out digital, forensic and physical inspection of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) devices so as to buttress his claim that the just concluded polls was rigged against him.

     

    BREAKING: INEC asks tribunal to vary BVAS inspection order granted Peter Obi, Atiku Abubakar

     

    The court had earlier granted Obi the permission to inspect INEC materials, including the BVAS devices used during the election, but the Independent National Electoral Commission approached the same court to vary the decision.

     

    Obi and LP brought their application on Monday by way of motion on notice, days after the Independent National Electoral Commission urged the Court to allow its officials to reconfigure the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, devices ahead of the forthcoming governorship and state assembly elections.

     

    But as seen on the Cause lists of motions filed so far before the court, there are seven motions the court will be hearing and possibly determining today by 1 pm.

     

    Four of the applications are from the president-elect, Bola Tinubu, and his political party, the All Progressives Congress.

     

     

    In petitions marked, CA/PEC/ 05M/2023, CA/ PEC/06M/2023 and CA/PEC/07M/2023, CA/PEC/08M/2023, Tinubu and APC is seeking an order allowing them to inspect INEC materials as was granted Peter Obi earlier.

     

     

    They also asked the court to determine their motion based on “urgency”.

     

    Furthermore, in the court’s approval granting Obi and Atiku Abubakar respective permission to inspect INEC materials, the electoral umpire instituted motions against that order.

     

    These seven motions will be heard today, from what our correspondent gathered from court officials and as seen on its cause list.

     

    INEC had alleged that any order restraining it from using the BVAS will limit its ability to conduct the forthcoming governorship and state assembly polls coming up on March 11.

  • PDP Governorship Candidate Goes On His Knees, Beg Residents For Votes Ahead of Saturday’s Election 

    PDP Governorship Candidate Goes On His Knees, Beg Residents For Votes Ahead of Saturday’s Election 

    PDP Governorship Candidate Goes On His Knees, Beg Residents For Votes Ahead of Saturday’s Election 

    Peter Mbah, Enugu PDP Governorship Candidate, Kneels To Beg Residents For Votes

     

     

    A photo showing the moment the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial candidate, Peter Mbah, fell on his knees to beg youths in Enugu State ahead of the gubernatorial elections has surfaced on social media.

     

    This is coming after supporters of the Labour Party (LP), popularly known as ‘Obidients’, had disgraced Mbah when he visited Ugwu Di Nso Annual Youth Lenten Retreat to solicit support ahead of the state gubernatorial election on Saturday 11, March.

     

     

    However, the youths refused to listen to him nor allow him to address the church as they repeatedly chanted “Obi! Obi!! Obi!!!.”

     

    The PDP candidate also shared drinks during the visit but the youths threw away the drinks, shouting they do not need them.

     

     

    In the photo that surfaced, the PDP candidate could be seen on his knees, begging the youths to forgive him and vote for his party at the forth-coming governorship elections.

  • BREAKING: Big hope for Peter Obi as SENDA demands immediate cancellation of presidential election 

    BREAKING: Big hope for Peter Obi as SENDA demands immediate cancellation of presidential election 

    Big hope for Peter Obi as SENDA demands immediate cancellation of presidential election 

     

     

    A coalition of Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, in the South East under the aegis of South East Network for Democracy and Accountability, SENDA, has added its voice to the call for the cancellation of the Presidential election outcome.

     

    The coalition made the demand at a Press Conference in Enugu on Monday.

     

    It alleged that the election fell short of international standards and was not conducted in compliance with the Electoral Act.

     

    The group said the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, failed the nation.

     

    Addressing newsmen on behalf of SENDA, leader of the Coalition, Comrade Emmanuel Acha said that the outcome of the Presidential and National Assembly elections which took place on February 25, 2023, a day that commemorate exactly one year after the signing of the Electoral Act, 2022 as amended by President Muhammadu Buhari has left many with questions begging for answers.

     

    “This is why we are here today to grant this press conference and our demand is that the election should be cancelled and a fresh one conducted,” he said.

     

     

     

    Acha said the INEC was unable to fulfil its promises to Nigerians and failed to adhere to the dictates of the Electoral Act, 2022, as amended.

     

    “The Commission has been specifically blamed by stakeholders on issues of logistics; late arrival of poll officials at their voting centres across the country, particularly in the Southern part of Nigeria; failure to transmit polling unit results to the INEC Result Viewing Portal (iRev); and voter intimidation and suppression among others.

     

    “We hereby agree with various national and international stakeholders that the just concluded elections lacked transparency and failed to achieve minimum standards of electoral credibility,” he said.

     

    He said that Nigerian democracy can no longer be described as nascent, “hence no excuse can be justifiably adduced for the very obvious lapses witnessed so far in our elections since 1999 till date.”

     

     

    He expressed displeasure that in spite the series of assurances and reassurances by INEC as it relates to the deployment and use of Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) as well as the INEC Result Viewing Portal in the general elections, INEC could not conduct a credible poll.

     

    The group urged Nigerians not to be deterred by what happened during the elections, urging them to come out en masse to exercise their franchise during the forthcoming governorship and House of Assembly elections.

     

    They equally called on the INEC to improve on its performance, while urging the security agencies to ensure adequate security for the remaining polls.

     

     

     

    “The IReV is one of the innovations introduced by the Commission to ensure the integrity and credibility of election results in Nigeria.

     

     

    “It is therefore inconceivable that the Commission will turn-around and undermine its own innovations,” they lamented.

  • JUST IN: Days to Guber Election, INEC Announces Suspension Of Sokoto REC, Give Reason

    JUST IN: Days to Guber Election, INEC Announces Suspension Of Sokoto REC, Give Reason

    INEC Announces Suspension Of Sokoto REC

     

    The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has immediately suspended Dr. Nura Ali from her position as Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Sokoto State.

     

    On Monday, INEC Secretary Rose Orlaran-Anthony sent a letter to the state’s Resident Electoral Commissioner and Administrative Secretary informing them of the suspension.

     

    Read Also: JUST IN: INEC removes Doguwa’s name from Reps-elect list

     

    According to the letter, Dr. Nura Ali is prohibited from entering the Commission’s Sokoto State office until further notice.

     

    The suspension could be related to recent charges of irregularities in the state’s most recent election.

     

    Hajiya Aliyu Kangiwa, the Administrative Secretary, has been instructed to assume complete control of INEC in Sokoto State.

     

    See Also: Protest currently ongoing as Yorubas threatened to kick Igbos out of Lagos 

     

    In a recent meeting with state RECs as part of the preparation for the impending governorship elections, INEC Chairman Professor Mahmoud Yakubu committed to deal with any staff or ad-hoc personnel of the commission who contributed to the flaws of the presidential election.

     

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  • JUST IN: INEC removes APC Majority Leader from names of Reps-Elect List

    JUST IN: INEC removes APC Majority Leader from names of Reps-Elect List

    INEC removes APC Majority Leader, Doguwa’s name from Reps-elect list after murder allegations

     

    The name of the Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Ado Doguwa, has been removed from the list of elected House of Representatives members by the Independent National Electoral Commission.

     

    Recall that INEC had previously declared Doguwa, an All Progressives Congress member, the winner of the 25 February election in the Doguwa/Tudunwada constituency.

     

    Read Also: FULL LIST: INEC releases names of 109 senators-elect

     

    He received 39,732 votes to defeat Yushau Salisu Abdullahi of the New Nigeria People’s Party, who received 34,798 votes.

     

    Doguwa was arrested for his alleged involvement in the recent election-related murders and burning of the New Nigeria People’s Party’s headquarters.

     

    On Wednesday, a chief magistrates court in Kano remanded Doguwa to prison custody.

     

    Also Read: Fear of losing Lagos to Labour Party, Governor Sanwo-Olu Beg Residents To Re-elect him

     

    The name of Doguwa was removed from the list of elected members released by INEC, according to a check by Ejes Gist News Nigeria.

     

    INEC stated that Doguwa’s election result was a “declaration made under duress.”

     

    Details later…

     

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  • Protest currently ongoing as Yorubas threatened to kick Igbos out of Lagos 

    Protest currently ongoing as Yorubas threatened to kick Igbos out of Lagos 

    Protest currently ongoing as Yorubas threatened to kick Igbos out of Lagos 

     

    The Yorubas have threatened to kick out the Igbos in Lagos.

     

    The protesters were seen with placards in different inscriptions such as “Igbo people respect our Oba, our culture, or we kick you out.”

  • Region to produce Senate president revealed

    Region to produce Senate president revealed

    Southeast Region to produce Senate president revealed

     

    Ejes Gist News Nigeria has learned that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) would most likely zone its Senate presidency seat to the Southeast zone.

     

    In light of the fact that the president-elect, Bola Tinubu, is from the Southwest region and the vice-president-elect, Kashim Shettima, is from the Northeast, sources indicate that the Southeast zone has a favorable chance of securing the position of Nigeria’s No. 3 citizen.

     

    This online newspaper reported that prominent southeast APC politicians, such as Senator Orji Uzor Kalu of the Abia North Senatorial District and Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State, are lobbying for the position.

     

    Some party elders, according to a member of the APC’s National Working Committee (NWC), believe that zoning the Senate presidency seat to the South East will create a balance of power.

     

    “Having been excluded from the presidential contest in all parties at a time when the demand for an Igbo president was high, it is in the APC’s best interest to zone the number three political position to the South East,” he said.

     

    The NWC member added, “There is already tension, but the party is committed to reducing it by zoning its offices, beginning with the Senate presidency in the South East.”

     

    This newspaper has learned that arrangements have been made to discuss this matter with the incoming president-elect, Tinubu.

     

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